Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and kicks off the 2012 moving season as one of the busiest moving weekends of the year for the moving truck rental and self-storage industries. Penske Truck Rental and self-storage tech startup SpareFoot are teaming up to offer increased convenience and services for savvy do-it-yourself movers.

The relationship launches ahead of Crazy Tuesday, the self-storage industry’s unofficial biggest day of the year, which falls right after Memorial Day. Now, customers of either company can now easily find and reserve a storage unit and moving truck together, in just a few clicks or via one phone call. For more information, you can view the full news release here.  Below is an infographic that best tells the story of all the big moves made on Memorial Day weekend.  [Read more...]